through it ; it lays only two eggs, which are white, of art 

 exaft oval form, and conftantly produce a male and female; 

 the young are attended to by the parents till able to provide 

 for themfelves. 



Thefe birds are very injurious to the farmer, as they devour 

 an amazing quantity of feed and pulfe ; of the latter they are 

 fo particularly fond, that a common mode of taking them is 

 by fteeping a quantity of tares in fome intoxicating mixture, 

 which they greedily devour, and foon become ftupified ; in this 

 ftate great numbers are frequently caught for the fupply of 

 our markets. They alfo feed on beech-mart, acorns, ivy- 

 berries, the leaves of turnips, and clover. 



Ring- Doves are common in moft parts of this country, in 

 winter they affbciate in very large flocks ; they are generally 

 fuppofed to migrate, but as we meet with them at all feafons 

 of the year, it is very doubtful whether they make more than 

 partial migrations from one part of this country to the other. 

 During winter they refort to woods, and roofl on the higheft 

 trees. Frequent endeavours have been made to domefticate 

 this fpecies, but without efFecl:. 



Our figure was executed for the late W. Curtis. 



Its provincial names are Wood- Pigeon, Wood-Cover, 

 Wood-Cuflaet, Culhat, Queft, and Culver. 



